Covid-19: India reports 20,021 new cases, 279 deaths

New Delhi - Recovery rate stands at 95.83 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.45 per cent.

India on Monday logged 20,021 fresh Covid-19 infections, along with 279 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said.

This makes the total number of cases to 10,207,871, while the tally of fatalities is up to 147,901.

In the last 24 hours, 21,131 people have recovered, taking the total number of the recovered people to 9,782,669. There are 277,301 active cases and the recovery rate stands at 95.83 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.45 per cent.

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A total of 168,818,054 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till now. Of these, 715,397 samples were tested on Sunday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state to the date with 1,913,382 cases.

Over 70 per cent of the daily new cases are being reported by 10 states — Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Over 75 per cent of the deaths are being reported from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh.

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